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May 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Friday it approved a new 20-year operating license for Entergy Corp's Pilgrim reactor in Massachusetts. Three of the five commissioners voted in favor of the new license for the 40-year old reactor, with one -- Chairman Gregory Jaczko -- opposed. The other commissioner did not vote.Read More...More on Ener...

The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant said it took extra steps this week to check the soundness of one of its riskiest reactor buildings.

The Chernobyl nuclear reactor is a disastrous destination for moviegoers.

KITTERY, Maine (AP) -- A fire on a nuclear-powered submarine at a Maine shipyard has injured seven people, including five firefighters, but did not affect the reactor, which was not active....

A study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, shows Western Europe has the highest worldwide risk of radioactive contamination from future meltdowns.

Authorities say USS Miami was not carrying nuclear missiles and that reactor was undamaged in fire at naval shipyard in MaineSix people have been injured after a fire broke out on a nuclear-powered submarine docked in a US naval shipyard.The blaze – which started in the "forward compartment" of the USS Miami shortly before 6pm on Wednesday – has not affected the vessel's reactor, which was not ...

Pakistan is half way through the construction of its fourth nuclear reactor at Khushab, which will give it capability to speed up plutonium manufacturing, latest US satellite imagery has revealed, US media reported on Wednesday. On completion, the reactor would enable Islamabad to build large number of smaller nuclear warheads, Washington-based eminent think-tank Institute for Science and ...

Catastrophic nuclear accidents such as the core meltdowns in Chernobyl and Fukushima are more likely to happen than previously assumed. Based on the operating hours of all civil nuclear reactors and the number of nuclear meltdowns that have occurred, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz have calculated that such events may occur once every 10 to 20 years (based on the c...

Western Europe has the worldwide highest risk of radioactive contamination caused by major reactor accidents. Catastrophic nuclear accidents such as the core meltdowns in Chernobyl and Fukushima are more likely to happen than previously assumed. Based on the operating hours of all civil nuclear reactors and the number of nuclear meltdowns that have occurred, scientists have calculated that such...

After shutting down its last reactor, Japan is now even more heavily dependent on imported oil, gas, and coal.

After years of accusations of creating a 'chilled work environment,' Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko resigned this morning (PDF). His largest achievement was perhaps killing the Yucca Mountain waste repository, and he oversaw the certification of the AP1000 reactor. It is unknown whether a new chairman will be appointed from within the NRC. Quoting the Washington Post: "Th...

Schoolgirl Isabel Taylor, 16, from Neston, Wiltshire, believed a nuclear reactor meltdown would end civilisation in the coming months.

North Korea has resumed construction work on an experimental light water reactor in a move that could extend its capacity to produce more material for nuclear weapons.

Satellite imagery has revealed that North Korea has resumed work on a light water reactor that analysts believe indicates Pyongyang's intention to push ahead with efforts to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons.

North Korea has resumed work on the construction of a reactor that could help it push forward its nuclear weapons program, an academic group said.

North Korea resumes work on a light water reactor that could be used to support its nuclear programme after months of inactivity, a US institute says.

Completion of buildings may be near, but at the same time the site will not likely be fully operational before 2014-2015.

A U.S.-based institute said new satellite imagery shows that North Korea has resumed building work on a nuclear reactor.

A U.S.-based institute said Wednesday new satellite imagery shows that North Korea has resumed building work on a reactor after months of inactivity.

Latest simulation shows that the magnetic nozzles required for antimatter propulsion could be vastly more efficient than previously thought--and built with today's technologies Smash a lump of matter into antimatter and it will release a thousand times more energy than the same mass of fuel in a nuclear fission reactor and some 2 billion times more than burning the equivalent in hydrocarbons. 

Kodak may be going under, but apparently they could have started their own nuclear war if they wanted, just six years ago. Down in a basement in Rochester, NY, they had a nuclear reactor loaded with 3.5 pounds of enriched uranium—the same kind they use in atomic warheads. More »

The week in science: Japan switches off its last nuclear power reactor; South Korea passes carbon-trading laws; and French-Algerian physicist Adlène Hicheur is sentenced to prison for plotting terror attacks.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A U.N. nuclear inspector from South Korea was killed Tuesday and a colleague was injured in a car crash near a reactor site in central Iran, the nuclear watchdog agency said....

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) termed as baseless that a boiler had burst at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) as work on starting the first 1,000 MW reactor is progressing at a hectic pace.

Japan is switching off its last working nuclear reactor, as part of the safety drive since the March 2011 tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima plant. from BBC News Online

Public distrust created by last year’s nuclear disaster forced the nation to at least temporarily do without atomic power for the first time in 42 years.

Japón es hoy, por primera vez en 42 años, un país libre de energía atómica. La presión popular, que ganó fuerza tras la crisis desatada en la central de Fukushima hace algo más de un año -y que no ha remitido desde el tsunami-, celebró ayer con una multitudinaria marcha en Tokio el apagado del reactor número 3 de la central de Tomari, situada en la isla de Hokkaido, el único de los 54 existente...

In Japan, thousands of people have taken to the streets to celebrate the temporary switching off of the country's last operating nuclear reactor.

Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the last of this nation's 50 nuclear reactors switching off Saturday.

The last working reactor in Japan is to be switched off, leaving the country without nuclear power just over a year after the world's worst atomic accident in a quarter of a century.

The last working reactor in Japan is to be switched off Saturday and has sparked a debate on whether Japan needs nuclear power.

When Tomari’s No. 3 reactor shuts on Saturday, the nation will have to get by without atomic energy for the first time since 1970

SEOUL — Japan will power down its last operating nuclear reactor this weekend, finalizing the country’s sudden turn away from a once-preferred energy source and leaving it nuclear-free for the first time since 1966. Read full article >>

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan shuts down its last working nuclear power reactor this weekend just over a year after a tsunami scarred the nation and if it survives the summer without major electricity shortages, producers fear the plants will stay offline for good.

Japan closes last nuclear reactor amid safety fears - but playing safe has come at a high cost.

TOKYO (AP) -- Another long, stupefyingly hot summer is looming for Japan just as it shuts down its last operating nuclear power reactor, worsening a squeeze on electricity and adding urgency to calls for a green energy revolution....

Edison International officials estimate that the company's cost for inspections and repairs at the closed San Onofre nuclear plant will be between $55 million and $65 million, but said that the costs may be recovered under a manufacturer's warranty. The company, which revealed the figures during a conference call about its first-quarter earnings, also incurred costs of $30 million for replaceme...

HMS Astute, the Royal Navy nuclear submarine is powered with a nuclear reactor the size of a dustbin.

Utl.: Grüne fordern Investition in Grüne Energiewende = Wien (OTS) - Heute hat das Europäische Parlament über eine weitere Aufstockung der Mittel für den Kernfusionsreaktor ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) entschieden. Allein im Jahr 2012 sollen demnach weitere 650 …

President Nicolas Sarkozy has denied an allegation by the former head of French nuclear group Areva that he had sought to sell a nuclear reactor to Libyan leader Muammar Gadafy until mid-2010.

The only two U.S. reactor projects now technically under construction are on the brink of death for financial reasons. If they go under the "nuclear renaissance" will be officially buried, and the U.S. can take a definitive leap toward a green-powered future.

China has launched a new 650-megawatt (MW) reactor at the Qinshan nuclear plant in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the project's operator said on Monday, as part of a push to increase the share of nuclear energy in the country's power mix.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has created a 'Super-wide Angle Compton Camera' capable of creating images of gamma ray-emitting radioactive particles.

BRITAIN’S PLANS for a new generation of nuclear plants suffered a setback after two German companies pulled out of multibillion-pound plans to build reactors, citing the economic crisis and the German government’s decision to abandon nuclear power.

Afinales de febrero, un avión de la compañía Turkish Airlines aterrizaba en el aeropuerto de Oslo, proveniente de Alepo, en Siria, donde el régimen de Bashar el Asad se ha cobrado en los últimos meses la vida de más de 9.000 personas. En la bodega del reactor de bandera turca viajaba un cargamento de semillas que, poco después, fue embarcado con rumbo a la isla de Spitzberg, en el archipiélago ...

Japan was on Monday left with only one working nuclear reactor after Tokyo Electric Power Co shuttered its final generator for scheduled safety checks.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima power plant, shut its last operating nuclear reactor on Monday for regular maintenance, leaving just one running reactor supplying Japan's creaking power sector.

Israel's 1981 bombing raid on Iraq's nuclear reactor has echoes for the Middle East today, says Azriel Bermant.

Reporter's Notebook: A tour at the Soreq Experimental Nuclear Reactor was just like the kind on which Ahmadinejad leads the media every once in a while in Iran.

Chinese nuclear companies will become suppliers for Westinghouse Electric Co's AP1000 reactor projects in other countries as the nation approaches completion of the world's first AP1000 project.

Map of nuclear power reactors in the USA (image from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - http://www.nrc.gov) How does a Canadian-American professor of uranium mineralogy living in the unassuming American Midwest respond to the one-year anniversary of Fukushima? He writes a calculated review of what s known and not known about the behavior of nuclear fuel after a reactor accident. Then he g...

Above-ground atomic explosions and reactor leaks during the past century have produced a pretty funny atmosphere full of exotic heavy isotopes. In radiocarbon calibration this error source is called "bomb radiocarbon". A few years ago it was suggested that a person's age might be determined through looking at the amount of various isotopes in some bodily tissue (was it the eye's lens?) and cros...

U.S. safety regulators are preparing to set the first new rules for nuclear plants since Japan's tsunami-driven reactor meltdowns last year, but wider-reaching changes may face a higher hurdle.

On March 11, 2011, Japan suffered a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that destroyed roads, bridges, and buildings; killed nearly 16,000 people; and critically disabled three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. By March 12, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was already considering urging Americans within 50 miles of the stricken nuclear reactors to evacuate...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Several companies are in talks with Canadian scientists on commercializing a new method to produce a crucial medical isotope without using feedstock from a nuclear reactor, one of the lead scientists said on Tuesday.

After a statement last week from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad that officials would soon announce "great" nuclear developments, Iranian state television said the country will unveil new uranium centrifuges on Wednesday. The report, which cited Iran's Atomic Energy Organization claimed: "The fourth generation of domestically made centrifuges have a higher speed and production capacity."...

HOT produces television advert for Samsung tablet in which Mossad agent accidentally detonates nuclear reactor via an application.

(Reuters) - The risk to public health from a severe nuclear power plant accident in the United States is "very small" because reactor operators should have time to prevent core damage and reduce the release of radioactive materials, U.S. nuclear regulators said in a study on Wednesday.

An Illinois nuclear plant lost electrical power this morning in what federal regulators classified as a low-level "unusual event."

What’s it look like inside of a nuclear reactor? A recently released video from the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant in Japan ca…

TOKYO (Reuters) - The owner of Japan's stricken nuclear reactor, Tokyo Electric Power Co, will agree to be taken over by the government in a near-$13 billion bailout, sources said on Thursday, even as the country debates the future of nuclear power.

This is not a metaphorical view inside a nuclear reactor. This is for real-real. This month, the good folks at TEPCO sent a remote-controlled endoscope and thermometer into the containment vessel of Fukishima's crippled reactor #2, hoping to learn something about the level of cooling water, the state of the fuel rods, and the temperature [...]

The first footage of the inside of one of Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear reactors at Fukushima is released by the stricken plant's operator.

A federal judge blocked Vermont from shutting down the Vermont Yankee reactor, saying the state is trying to regulate nuclear safety, something only the federal government can do.

BEIJING - China's first third generation AP1000 nuclear power reactor is expected to come into operation by the scheduled time of 2013. The country started to construct its first third-generation pressurised water reactors in 2009, which were also the world's first to use AP1000 technologies developed by US-based Westinghouse. Construction progress slowed down after a massive earthquake and ...

BEIJING - China's first third generation AP1000 nuclear power reactor is expected to come into operation by the scheduled time of 2013. The country started to construct its first third-generation pressurised water reactors in 2009, which were also the world's first to use AP1000 technologies developed by US-based Westinghouse. Construction progress slowed down after a massive earthquake and ...

by Vicky Tiwari Internationalisation is one of the most important makes that is forming degree, as it is to satisfy the difficulties of the Modern day, according to Jane Knight, distinguished educationist from Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada. She was providing the first Erudite Address on the style ‘Internationalisation of Greater Training in the Tw...

Wunderland Kalkar, an amusement park at an atomic energy plant, welcomes thousands each year. Next, play inside the actual reactor building.

A traveling-wave reactor could use widely available depleted uranium and operate for 60 years without refueling.

Utility companies in Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas have billions riding on plans to build AP1000 reactors.

The National Academy of Sciences, in a long-awaited reported, warned the Virginia legislature that it faced “steep hurdles” for safely mining and processing nuclear reactor fuel.

TerraPower, a nuclear-power start-up backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, former Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold and a handful of top-tier Silicon Valley venture capitalists, has been in negotiations to sell its breakthrough traveling wave reactor technology to China's National Nuclear Corporation. Read full article >>

Writedowns of €2.4-billion will push operating red ink at nuclear reactor maker to between €1.4-billion and €1.6-billion for 2011

Beijing and the Microsoft founder are in talks to develop a new "low cost, very safe" nuclear power reactor.

BEIJING (AP) -- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed Wednesday he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new and safer kind of nuclear reactor....

The Japanese government is searching for new ways to clean up the mess created by the reactor meltdowns earlier this year at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. As lawmakers and officials study new energy policy options, which they plan to present by next spring, a company called Cyberdyne, Inc. is offering to help with the [...]